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GEORGE DITTENHAVEE, OE NAPOLEON, OHIO. Letters Patent No. 73,171, dated January 7, 1868.

IMPROVBD EXTENSION CLOTHES-POST.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAYCONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE DITTENIIAVER, of Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, have invented a. new and improved Extension and Clump Clothes-Post; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which '-will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the snme,referenee being had to the accompanying drawings, forming Iport of this specification. Y

This invention relates to an improvement in clothes-posts, and consists in a. post working in a groove, and of a clamp for securing the line. In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved clothes-post,

Figure 2 is a vertical section thereof at line z z, and

Figure 3 is a transverse section at line y y.

Similar letters of' reference indicate correspcrmding parts.

A A are anpost., rail, or wall, having the rateheted groove a a, in which the extension-post B slides, held :it the required height by the spring-pawl b, which can be raised from the ratchet, to allow the post B to slide, by lneuns ofthe thumb-piece C. I D -is u. clamp, hinged, Or adjusted in some equivalent method, at d to plate E, counters/unl; in the post B. A thumb-screw, F,bol ts the clump D to the plate E, and clamps the rope or line G received between them. A cap, II, serves to protect the metal work and joints from the ruin. l

The advantages of this improved clothes-post are manifold. "hc line can be more expeditiously hung and removed, whatever be the state oi tbeweuther, there being no knots to secure or untie; the clothes can be hung without the person hanging them standing o the ground, and thc posts then hoisted till line and clothes are altogether out of the way. l

What I claim nsncw, und desire to'sccure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the sliding part B, provided with the spring-pewl b, and having tbc removable clamp D secured to its upper end, and adjusted by means of the thumb-screw F, all constructed and operating substantially as described for the purpose-specified.

GEORGE ln'iTErunivEE.`

Witnesses:

S. H. STEEDMAN, L. S. DITTENHAVER. 

